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THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET<br/>
<span class=large>JEREMIAH</span>
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CHAPTER 48
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Judgment and destruction shall come upon Moab for their contempt of God.
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Against</span> <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/48/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 25: 21.">Moab</a> thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo!  for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded <i>and</i> taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed.
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<i>There shall be</i> no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from <i>being</i> a nation.  Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee.
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A voice of crying <i>shall be</i> from <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/48/3a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 15: 5.">Horonaim</a>, spoiling and great destruction.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="jer/48/4a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 15: 1.">Moab</a> is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
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For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.
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Flee, save your lives, and be like the <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/48/6a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 17: 6.">heath</a> in the wilderness.
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&#182; For because thou hast trusted in thy <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/48/7a" mark="a" type="A" title="Mosiah 12: 29.">works</a> and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/48/7b" mark="b" type="A" title="Jer. 43: 12; Jer. 49: 3.">captivity</a> <i>with</i> his priests and his princes together.
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And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> hath spoken.
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Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="jer/48/10a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Curse.">Cursed</a> <i>be</i> he that doeth the work of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> deceitfully, and cursed <i>be</i> he that keepeth back his sword from blood.
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&#182; Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/48/11a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB relaxed his guard.">settled</a> on his <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/48/11b" mark="b" type="A" title="Zeph. 1: 12.">lees</a>, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed.
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Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, that I will send unto him <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/48/12a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB tilters (those who empty things out).">wanderers</a>, that shall cause him to wander, and shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles.
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And Moab shall be <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/48/13a" mark="a" type="A" title="Hosea 10: 6.">ashamed</a> of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Beth-el their confidence.
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&#182; How say ye, We <i>are</i> mighty and strong men for the war?
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Moab is spoiled, and gone up <i>out of</i> her cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name <i>is</i> the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> of hosts.
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The calamity of Moab <i>is</i> near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.
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All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, <i>and</i> the beautiful rod!
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Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from <i>thy</i> glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, <i>and</i> he shall destroy thy strong holds.
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O inhabitant of <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/48/19a" mark="a" type="A" title="Deut. 2: 36.">Aroer</a>, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, <i>and</i> say, What is done?
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Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/48/20a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 16: 7.">howl</a> and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled,
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And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath,
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And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Beth-diblathaim,
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And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Beth-gamul, and upon Beth-meon,
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And upon <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/48/24a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 48: 41.">Kerioth</a>, and upon <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/48/24b" mark="b" type="A" title="Jer. 49: 13.">Bozrah</a>, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.
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The <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/48/25a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 75: 10.">horn</a> of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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&#182; Make ye him <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/48/26a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 25: 27.">drunken</a>: for he magnified <i>himself</i> against the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.
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For was not Israel a derision unto thee?  was he found among thieves?  for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.
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O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove <i>that</i> maketh her nest in the sides of the hole’s mouth.
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We have heard the <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/48/29a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Pride.">pride</a> of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.
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I know his wrath, saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>; but <i>it shall</i> not <i>be</i> so; his lies shall not so effect <i>it.</i>
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Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; <i>mine</i> <i>heart</i> shall mourn for the men of Kir-heres.
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O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer: thy <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/48/32a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB branches.">plants</a> are gone over the sea, they reach <i>even</i> to the sea of Jazer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage.
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And joy and <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/48/33a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 16: 10.">gladness</a> is taken from the plentiful field, and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses: none shall tread with shouting; <i>their</i> <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/48/33b" mark="b" type="D" title="OR cheering.">shouting</a> <i>shall be</i> no shouting.
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From the cry of <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/48/34a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 15: 4.">Heshbon</a> <i>even</i> unto Elealeh, <i>and even</i> unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar <i>even</i> unto Horonaim, <i>as</i> an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate.
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Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, him that offereth in the high places, and him that burneth incense to his gods.
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Therefore mine <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/48/36a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 15: 5; Isa. 16: 11.">heart</a> shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/48/36b" mark="b" type="D" title="OR flutes.">pipes</a> for the men of Kir-heres: because the <sup>c</sup><a href="jer/48/36c" mark="c" type="A" title="Hel. 13: 31 (18, 31, 33).">riches</a> <i>that</i> he hath gotten are perished.
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For every head <i>shall be</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/48/37a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 15: 2.">bald</a>, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands <i>shall be</i> cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.
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<i>There shall be</i> lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/48/38a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 31: 12; Jer. 22: 28; Hosea 8: 8.">vessel</a> wherein <i>is</i> no pleasure, saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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They shall howl, <i>saying,</i> How is it broken down!  how hath Moab turned the back with shame!  so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him.
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For thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>; Behold, he shall fly as an <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/48/40a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 17: 3.">eagle</a>, and shall spread his wings over Moab.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="jer/48/41a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 48: 24.">Kerioth</a> is taken, and the strong holds are <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/48/41b" mark="b" type="P" title="HEB captured.">surprised</a>, and the mighty men’s hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
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And Moab shall be destroyed from <i>being</i> a people, because he hath <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/48/42a" mark="a" type="A" title="Zeph. 2: 8 (8, 10).">magnified</a> <i>himself</i> against the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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Fear, and the pit, and the snare, <i>shall be</i> upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon it, <i>even</i> upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: but a fire shall come forth out of <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/48/45a" mark="a" type="A" title="Num. 21: 28.">Heshbon</a>, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/48/45b" mark="b" type="A" title="Num. 24: 17.">Moab</a>, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.
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Woe be unto thee, O Moab!  the people of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives.
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&#182; Yet will I <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/48/47a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR turn away, remove.">bring</a> again the captivity of <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/48/47b" mark="b" type="A" title="Isa. 16: 5 (1-5).">Moab</a> in the latter days, saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.  Thus far <i>is</i> the judgment of Moab.
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